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Birthdays occurring on April, 15
| 1858 |
Emile Durkheim was born on April 15, 1858
French sociologist; tudied anomie & social cohesion; wrote "The Division of Labor in Society" 1893, "Suicide" 1897 (also "Le Suicide"), 1858-1917One cannot long remain so absorbed in contemplation of emptiness without being increasingly attracted to it. In vain one bestows on it the name of infinity; this does not change its nature. When one feels such pleasure in non-existence, one's inclination can be completely satisfied only by completely ceasing to exist. More quotations from Emile Durkheim |
| 1889 |
A. Philip Randolph was born on April 15, 1889
A community is democratic only when the humblest and weakest person can enjoy the highest civil, economic, and social rights that the biggest and most powerful possess. More quotations from A. Philip Randolph | 
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| 1889 |
Thomas Hart Benton was born on April 15, 1889
Modern French painting is all right; it has produced many beautiful and interesting things, fully worthy of admiration, but it has also set up response habits among our artistic authorities which have worked against a free approach to other artistic forms. More quotations from Thomas Hart Benton |
Deaths occurring on April, 15
| 1984 |
Alexander Trocchi died on April 15, 1984
All great art, and today all great artlessness, must appear extreme to the mass of men, as we know them today. It springs from the anguish of great souls. From the souls of men not formed, but deformed in factories whose inspiration is pelf. More quotations from Alexander Trocchi |
| 1984 |
William Empson died on April 15, 1984
British poet and critic known for his immense influence on 20th-century literary criticism and for his rational, metaphysical poetry. 1906-1984. . . life involves maintaining oneself between contradictions that can't be solved by analysis. More quotations from William Empson |
| 1986 |
Jean Genet died on April 15, 1986
French criminal turned novelist and dramatist. Leading figure in the avant garde theatre, especially the Theatre of the Absurd. 1910-1986I'm homosexual... How and why are idle questions. It's a little like wanting to know why my eyes are green. More quotations from Jean Genet |  |
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